Treasury Round Up - 4/6/14

I've really enjoyed all of the bright colors and spring themes in the treasury scene the past couple weeks. Please help me thank the curators who have featured my work recently by visiting their collections and shops.

Kim (HoldsIt) included my Beaded Cuff Bracelet - Strawberry Fields Forever in her Fruit Salad treasury. Usually I find this bracelet in strawberry collections, but I like the larger fruit salad theme here. Check out Kim's Badge Reel Retractable ID Holder Badge Holder Lanyard Red and White Kanzashi.

Laura (aromacandles) included my Bright Colorful Multicolored Spring Garden Nature Macro Photo in her Colorful Spring treasury. This collection is so cheerful. Of course I love the mix of colors. Check out Laura's Lavender Orange essential oil soy candle, pure, all natural, true aromatherapy, uplifting, rejuvenating.

Irina (MiracleFromThreads) included my Button Dangle Earrings - Bright Colorful Multicolored Rainbow in her 5 treasury. The selection of vivid colors here is fabulous. Check out Irina's Easter Bunny Baby toy Rabbit Teething Toy Nest with Eggs Spring.

Edi (memoriesforlifesb) included my Beaded Bracelet - Button Embellished - Spring Lime Green Yellow in her Spring Greens treasury. I love the shades here. Check out Edi's Wooden Buttons - Engraved Laser Cut - Flower Explosion Design.

Lana (LanasArt) included my Beaded Dangle Earrings - Triangles Lime Kelly Green in her Day Dream treasury. This collection is so whimsical. Check out Lana's London Print from Original Watercolor Travel Illustration Modern Art Painting titled Rainy London.

Arzu (ArzuMusaKnitting) included my Beaded Bracelet - Button Embellished - Rainbow Bright Colorful Multicolored in her Happy Morning treasury. It is so great to see so many vivid whimsical collections this time of year. Check out Arzu's Hand Knit Winter Green Boot Covers, Short Woodland Boot Toppers.

Sharla (BeadedTail) included my Beaded Cuff Bracelet - Easter Morning Green Flowers in her Spring is Filled with Green, Flowers, and Kitty or Two! treasury. When you have green, flowers, and kitties, what more do you need? Check out Sharla's Green Teardrop Glass Beaded Niobium Earrings - Olive.

Judy (MisterPenQuin) included my Beaded Bracelet - Button Embellished - Flower Garden Bright Multicolored in her Spring Around the Corner treasury. Seeing all of these bright colors puts a smile on my face. Check out Judy's Positively Purple Gratitude Book, spiral bound, count your blessings, 100 pages.

Grazima (Grazima) included my Button Dangle Earrings - Bright Colorful Multicolored Rainbow in her Cat treasury. I love the theme and color palette here. Check out Grazima's Black, upcycled vintage lace bohemian chic style dress with green decoration.

Ayla (Eyelah) included my Beaded Dangle Earrings - Celestial Purple Pink Star Charms in her Pretty in Pink treasury. I love the range of items in this collection, and the palette is perfect for spring. Check out Ayla's Handmade Crocheted Magenta Clutch with Wooden Button.

Tracy (MadJam3) included my Chicago The Bean Cloud Gate Sculpture Millennium Park Black and White Photo in her Alphabet Treasury Challenge C treasury. I love the mix of items here. Check out Tracy's Hand crafted knit dish cloth Set of 3.

Margaret (SplendidLittleStars) included my Beaded Bracelet - Button Embellished - Flower Garden Bright Multicolored in her Spring has begun! treasury. Are you tired of all of the flower related treasuries yet? I'm definitely not. Check out Margaret's SILK VELVET Scrunchie, hand dyed, pastel green turquoise, ponytail, hair.

Gabrielle (bstrung) included my Beaded Links Bracelet - Black Silver Neutral Classic - Celestial Stars Moons in her I wear my sunglasses at night treasury. Does this make anyone else think of The Blues Brothers? Check out Gabrielle's Black and White Striped Earrings, Large Oblong Dangle Earrings, Pinstriped Beaded Earrings.

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Friday Feature: resin bangles

I don't own any resin bangles, but obviously that needs to change in the near future because there are some awesome options out there.

Size Small Botanical Resin Bangle. Petite Contemporary Resin Bracelet. Forget Me Nots Real Flowers. Gift for Her, Gardener, Nature Lover by SpottedDogAsheville

Seashell Resin Bangle Bracelet Medium Cuff OOAK nautical summer beach eco friendly jewelry by daimblond

Heather eco resin faceted bangle by RosellaResin

Blue Bracelet, Blue Butterflies in Clear Resin Bangle, Animal Bracelet, Botanical Jewelry by sisicata

Resin Bangle - Eco Resin Jewelry - Daisy Chain Yellow Summer Bracelet - Handmade Eco Friendly Nature Jewelry by LostForestJewellry

Elegant Silver Flakes Clear Resin Bangle Bracelet - Wedding Bridal Bridesmaid Jewelry Gift by Resinholique

Blue and white button in resin bangle by madebydaisy

Which one is your favorite?

T is for Tree Bark

Are you ready for another round of Alphabe Thursday? Let's go!

This is one of those themes that I keep revisiting unintentionally during many of my photo wanderings. Something about the texture and the possibilities for the depth of field really appeals to me. Enjoy.

Milwaukee Zoo, February 2013

Michell Park Conservatory, March 2013

Lake Geneva, March 2013

Doctors Park, April 2013

 

Greenfield Park, May 2013

  

Calvary Cemetery, May 2013

 

Estabrook Park, May 2013

VA Grounds, September 2013

Pinelawn Cemetery, October 2013

 

Klode Park, January 2014

Lake Park, February 2014

Check out what the other Alphabe Thursday participants posted for the letter T this week right here!

April Color Combination Inspiration, Round 1

I have another great round of color combinations to share with you today. I hope that you're able to find something here that sparks a new idea of some sort for your creative endeavors. As always, I've done my best to mix up the subjects that I feature. You can pull color combinations from any source for literally any type of creative project. Click on the photos to visit the original sources. Enjoy!

Coral / Ivory from LeAnn

Red / Sea Foam Green from Sharla

Navy / Red (Nautical) from Edi

Lemon Yellow / Raspberry from Duni

 

Blue / Green from Paige

  

Silver / Sapphire from Judy

 

Let's Keep It Going!

What color combinations are you loving right now? Have you experimented with any new color combinations recently?

What's Up for April

There is proof that someday there will be green outside again.

Following up on my bullet points from last month: I did put in a last minute crunch for my first 2014 craft fair and worked on a lot of projects that I will benefit from all year, like reorganizing my entire inventory. You can read more about that over here if you didn't already. I've done all of the initial research that I need to for writing an ebook. Now I need to make some progress past my outline. I didn't make ANY progress on catching up with photo printing and frame hanging. Fail. Maybe I'll get somewhere with that this month. I have been reading. I'm pretty excited about that. And I had a good birthday. Thanks to all of you who left me kind birthday messages here and/or elsewhere last week.

• Easter. I'm playing in church the next three weeks and then for four masses the week of Easter (and then at least one mass the week after Easter). I don't think of Sunday morning church commitments as major time commitments because it's something that I've had almost my entire life, but they really are sometimes. They can also be really stressful sometimes. It will be something of a relief to finish up with the bulk of that commitment for the 13-14 school year after this month.
• Social plans. The good news is that I already have a lot of social plans on the calendar including a couple very brief (i.e. day or half day trips) opportunities to get out of Milwaukee. It's also a little scary because I know that there are going to be days that are really crunched for work, but that's a good problem. It's still really nice to have things to look forward to in the next few weeks.
• Not losing sight on my passive income goal. Remember how my biggest goal for 2014 is to build my passive income? It's amazing how quickly I lose sight of that on a day to day basis. I get caught up on meeting certain word counts and income goals, and I forget about the bigger picture. It's really bad. If I'm going to make any progress on the goal this year, let alone significant progress, I have to maintain focus.
• Making the best of the weather. In January and February and even March, it's easier to get excited about the occasional 50 degree day. As we get into April, it's harder. I'm not as motivated to get out and take pictures when the weather is halfway decent because everything is still pretty brown and gray and because I'm ready for really nice weather. But sitting instead all of the time isn't healthy for a lot of reasons. I still need to make the best of the nice days that we do have this month.

What are you up to this month?